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I am glad Hannity invited me to be a part of this meeting, as I am deeply
committed to finding ways for peace in the Middle East; the mother of all
conflicts in the world. I have nothing to gain but see peace.

Security of Israel is tied to justice for the Palestinians, one will not happen
without the other. Neither the right wing Israeli hawks can send the
Palestinians in to bushes, nor can the Palestinians will drive the Israelis into
the sea. Neither will happen but, both will continue to suffer due to their
arrogance and inability to see inwards while others are cashing in on those gratuitous statements.

The
leaders in both the states do not represent the common public, they are like
Bush, who was opposed by 72% of Americans, yet he caused so much death and destruction
of Americans as well as the Iraqis and Afghanis based on blatant lies. The Israeli and Palestinian leadership is in
the same boat and I do hope Pew conducts a survey to determine if the
leadership reflects the peace the public wants. Given the history of people, neither the
majority of Israelis nor the Palestinians are the problem, it is the
leadership.

The overriding
need for security has pushed them in quick sand of injustice, they were a just
people and we need to find a way out. Obama can help it by recognizing the
Palestinian statehood, which will benefit Jewish psyche, a sigh of relief – to
have acceptance of undisputed home land, a genuine source of security.

Indeed, we
the Americans, and the Arabs, have messed up the Israel-Palestine conflict. We
chose to die for our allies at all costs, and got them to entrench into hawkish
positions. Had we got them to sit down instead, and talk as a condition of our
aid and support, then we would have done good for both the Israelis and the Palestinians.

The American Hawks, particularly my fellow Republicans cannot see it, as they
had no clue about the elections they just lost; they supported lies in the past
and will continue to believe in fabrications.

It is sickening to hear the hawks shouting out loud that we need to protect our
allies; they don’t mean it. We need to question their integrity, and if AIPAC
does not support them or threaten their elections prospects, would they still be
sincere?

Israel does not need duplicity; she needs genuine friends who will bring
security now through dialogue, and not lying to them we will support you no
matter what. How long the ordinary Israelis will be duped by these rogues?

I
hope Obama appeals to the Israeli and Palestinian public,and pray that
Netanyahu, Abu Mashaal and Abbas see the validity of Israel's security
and Justice to the Palestinians with long term ideals of normal living.

Here are a
few basics.

IsraelJews have a need to be understood and be acknowledged for their
eternal security needs, not the military, but mental security where they can
put their guards down and live their life in peace.

Palestine

Palestinians have a need to be understood. They have suffered immeasurably, no
human should be stripped of his or her hope and dignity; hope to have a family,
work and own a house and call a place their homeland. The world has failed
them.

Threat

The real threat to the peace process between Israel and Palestine stems from
their inability to look at their own policies critically. It is time to quit
blaming and start finding solutions. Damn it, the leaders ought to be ashamed
of themselves if they cannot look in the eyes of Palestinian and Israeli
Children and commit to give them a better life.

The leaders need to learn, that they
cannot have peace and security when they keep threatening others around them,
period. Peace is always the responsibility of the mighty.

U.S.A.

Our Presidents need to seriously look at what works. They need to have
the vision for peace. They must understand that it may be going against the
general opinion and must take bold steps and produce peace for the people of
Israel and Palestine. It will save lives and brings peace to them and takes a
burden off us.

We must protect
Israel, our ally; however, if that protection is based on injustice to either
Palestinians or compromising long term security of Jews, our integrity becomes
questionable. We need to be above reproach and seek justice for one and all.

Mighty empires can crush the weak for a short term; in the long run every one
goes down the tube. We cannot rob anyone and live with a good conscience.

The Right wing Jews of Israel and
America do not like to hear reasoned voices of Moderate Jews and others
including mine, likewise the right wing Muslims do not like to hear reasoned
voices including mine. Just to clarify, the right wingers are not a group or
set of people, it is the mental attitude
of individuals that gets them to dig in their heels, their solutions to
the problem is kill all the Palestinians in the name of Jesus and Moses, and
same goes the other way- kill all Jews in the name of Allah.

Mind you,
the right wing nuts are few, but they bark louder in unison and we need to
outnumber them, not in barking, but to let them know that more people want
peace than conflict. That will begin the process of weakening the bad and strengthening the good, for the common good of all parties.
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Threat

The real threat to the peace process between Israel and Palestine stems from their inability to look at their own policies critically. It is time to quit blaming and start finding solutions. Damn it, the leaders ought to be ashamed of themselves if they cannot look in the eyes of Palestinian and Israeli Children and committ to give them a better life.

The leaders need to learn that, they cannot have peace and security when they keep threatening others around them, period.

Israel

Jews have a need to be understood and be acknowledged of their eternal security needs, not the military, but mental security where they can put their guards down and live their life in peace.

Palestine

Palestinians have a need to be understood. They have suffered immeasurably, no human should be stripped of his or her hope and dignity; hope to have a family, work and own a house and call a place their homeland.

U.S.A.

Our Presidents need to seriously look at what works. They need to have the vision for peace. They must understand that it may be going against the general opinion and must take bold steps and produce peace for the people of Israel and Palestine. It will save lives and brings peace to them and takes a burden off us.

We must protect Israel, our ally; however, if that protection is based on injustice to either Palestinians or the Jews, our integrity becomes questionable. We need to be above reproach and seek justice for one and all.

Mighty empires can crush the weak for a short term; in the long run every one goes down the tube. We cannot rob anyone and live with a good conscience.

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The Words

Words are the most powerful weapons of mass destruction. Just about every war and every conflict in the history of mankind has started out with a choice of wrong words.

There was a time when diplomats were trained in the art of speaking and the art of negotiating. Their whole purpose was to bring results through a dialogue.

Power makes one arrogant, and that arrogance translates into treatement of others in less than equal fashion, the mightier may bully and make their way for the moment, but in the back of their minds, they know they have to live with caution every minute of their life, as the oppresse will pounce in the moment of vulnerability.

Let our words become the mitigators of conflict and not aggravaotors - Mike Ghouse

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Peace is attainable and we should not give up on it. The Jews deserve security and the Palestinians the hope. Both deserve peace and security.

"Peace hinges on hopes for the Palestinians and security for the Israelis, anything short of justice will not produce sustainable peace" - If Jews and Muslims can take the position that we cannot have peace when others around us don't and work on first removing bias and stereotyping from their own minds, conflicts will fade and solutions emerge. (more on left panel) Mike Ghouse

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Sixty years have gone by and yet we do not have hope for the Palestinians and Peace for the Israelis. Is it because we have been coerced to listen to the Hawks, who revel in death and destruction of the other?

The Israelis, the Palestinians and the Americans must insist on electing the leaders who will achieve peace without rejoicing the other's destruction. Any one who talks war must be asked to step down at once. The Billions we give them must be tied to their ability to bring peace.